Sarandon petition asks people to pull money from banks backing pipeline

BISMARCK—A petition with celebrity backing is asking people to pull money out of banks that back the Dakota Access Pipeline.

Actress and activist Susan Sarandon on Wednesday started the petition through Care2, an online advocacy site. By Saturday afternoon, it had garnered about 50,000 signatures

"This is not a partisan issue," Sarandon said in a statement. "And it's not enough to just be sending Tweets and posting to Facebook. If we can't go to North Dakota, we have to put our money where our mouth is and withdraw our money from the big banks that are funding this pipeline. I want my Care2 petition to catalyze a movement to hold the big banks accountable."

The financial institutions backing DAPL include Bank of America, HSBC, UBS, Goldman Sachs, Wells Fargo, Chase and Citigroup.

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